AERONAUTICS: Florida Camps

Manager Jack Slattery of the Boston Braves told his pitchers to quit
throwing horseshoes in the hotel yard after dinner till they got better
in the box.

George Herman "Babe" Ruth, failing to hit, wrote to New York for his
favorite bat, Big Bertha, the heaviest bat used in the big leagues (48
ounces). Big Bertha has 31 notches in the handle, each notch for a home
run. Ruth broke his bat Betsy in June when there were twelve notches in
it.

Ralph Kress, rookie of the St. Louis Browns, made five errors in the
field one afternoon and at bat made four...